Checkerboard



C. FOSS.

CHECKERBOARD.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. Ia. I9I9.

LSTLLNES. Patented Mar. 15, 1921.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIQE.

CHRISTIAN FOSS. OF TACOll/IA., ifT-IASI-IINGTON, ASSIGNOR OE ONE-HALF TONILS NILSEIT. GIE? TACOIYXA, VASHINGTON.

CHEGKERBGARD.

Application led December 18, 1919.

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that l, CHRISTIAN Foss, a citizen of the United States, andresident of the city of Tacoma, county of Pierce, and State ofW'ashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCheckerboards, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and novel checker boards and moreparticularly to checkless checker boards, and the object of thisimprovement is to provide a checkerboard laid out with the same numberof spaces, with checkers attached, to indicate the usual course of play,denoting whether such spaces are vacant or occupied by either oftheopposing checkermen, crowned or uncrowned.

The invention resides in the construction of the checkers and thedenoting color scheme upon each space, together with the adaptability ofsuch checkers to selectively disclose, by the color scheme and inslgnlaupon the spaces, the successive movement of the checkers.

A more detailed description of the objects and advantages of theinvention will appear from the following specification, illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, and finally pointed out in the appendedclaim;

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the checkerboard with certain of thecheckers in position for starting the game.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the board indicating, by the relation of thecheckers and the coloration or insignia upon the space the position ofthe opposing checkermen.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the spaces divided oli' in sections,illustrating whether such space is blank or is occupied by thecheckermen of opposing sides, crowned or uncrowned.

Fig. 4 is a section through the board and checker.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, wherein like referencenumerals indicate like parts, the numeral. 1 indicates a checkerboardand 2 the checkers that are employed to play the game. The spaces uponthe board are preferably shown circular to correspond with the contourof the checkers. However, it is to be understood that such spaces can besquared oii". to .follow the usual. plan of such boards.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 15, 1921. Serial No. 345,731.

fn place of having the checkers unattached I attach them upon each spaceby pivotal mounting 3, so thatv the checker can be rotated freelythereon. furthermore provide a -shaped slot 4 in each checker from itsperiphery to its center of axis. However, it 1s to be understood that anaperture of any shape can be employed.

This slot is adapted to conform to the size, shape and dimension of therespective indicating plans 5, that are divided olf upon the spaces ofthe checkerboard, as shown in Fig. 8, and these indicating plans aregiven the following insignia or coloration to designate the vacant fromthe occupied spaces. together with the opposing checkers, crowned oruncrowned.

One of such plans, for instance, is colored red, as 6, to correspondwith the color of one set of checkermen. Another plan is white, as 7 toindicate the blank or vacant spaces upon the board. The next plan wouldbe given the insignia of the black king, as 8. The adjacent plan wouldbe colored black, as 9, corresponding with the color of the opposing setof checkermen. The next plan would be white, as 10, indicating a blankor vacant space upon the board, and the final plan would be given theinsignia of the red king, as 11. K

It is to be observed that by rotating the checker upon its pivotalmounting, either of these selective plans of the space could be revealedthrough the V-shaped Slot provided in the checker. I have shown a pin 13attached upon the upper face iof the checker as a means for easilyeffecting the rotation thereof to the desired indicating position.

To describe the manner in which the play is carried into execution, itis to be assumed that checker 15, which discloses a red coloration ofthe plan upon one of the spaces, hence the checkerman 6, desires to jumpthe opposite checker 16, which shows the black coloration 9, the checker17, which discloses the white or vacant space, 7 or 10, and which wouldbe occupied by the red checkerman upon the execution ofthe play, wouldbe rotated until the red plan is disclosed. The checker 16 would then berotated until the white or vacant space, 7 or 10, would be revealed,thus indicating that the checker 16 has been jumped and removed from theboard, according to the rules of the game. Y The same principle ofapplication applies checker 2 Would be rotated until the crown insigniaupon the space is disclosed, as shown by 8 and'll in Fig. 3.

It is further to be understood that in event the game of chess should beplayed, the plans upon the spaces would designate the correspondingcharacters that are emplyed in that game.

Y aving thus described my invention,y what I claim as new and desire'toprotect by Letters Patent is:

A checkerboard of the class described having notched checkers pivotallyattached to the spaces thereof, such spaces divided oi Vinto plansindicating by coloration and insignia, the respective checkermenemployed,

Ythe crown or uncroWn of each opposing Vcheckerman and a plan indicatinga vacancy, f

` CHRISTLAN FUSS.

